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Question by Barney Blake: I’ve Been With My Boyfriend For 6 Years, But …..?
I’ve been with my boyfriend for 6 years, but, I feel like I don’t know him anymore.
We met 13 years ago, but, didn’t start seeing each other romantically until 6 years ago. I’ll admit, when we first met, I had a problem with alcohol, I was a binge drinker and I was drunk 3 or 4 nights a week. Still, I maintained a full time job, I was living life like a normal person, basically, except for the alcohol. I suppose I was a “functioning alcoholic”.
Throughout the first 4 years of our relationship, my boyfriend was very anti-alcohol, his father had been an alcoholic, and he was very opposed to being in the presence of anyone who was drinking. I tried to keep my drinking hidden from him as much as possible.
During our 5th year together, I developed a rare disease known as HSP, as well as kidney disease. Although unrelated to my drinking, I STOPPED drinking altogether when I got sick. And in the last year and a half, I almost never drink now, I might have one alcoholic drink every 2 months or so. ONE. With my kidney disease, I just CAN’T drink, my body won’t let me. I feel sick for days after one drink.
My boyfriend, on the other hand, spends all of his free time drinking now. For someone who was once opposed to all things alcohol related, he’s at the bar 6 nights a week. He got a DUI 4 months ago, totaling his brand new car. Two weeks later, with another new car, driving drunk again, he totalled his car a second time. A month ago, he wrecked his car again, though he claims to not have been drinking that time.
There’s more …. after some talking about his drinking, he’s admitted to me that he “used to” have a problem with drinking years ago, that, in fact, this is his second DUI. 14 years ago, right before we met, he was involved in a single car accident that almost caused him to be a paraplegic, after 7 surgeries, 2 years out of work, and dealing with excrutiating pain, he’s able to lead a mostly normal physical life. (Prior to this, he had made up a huge, false story about his accident, I knew he had been in an accident, but I didn’t know alcohol was involved)
We just had dinner together tonight, I barely see him anymore, all he wants to do is go out and drink, and I’m very much opposed to the “bar scene”. After dinner, he was insistent that we go out to a bar to drink. Instead of going to a movie, or going for a walk, or coming back to my house for intimacy, all he wants to do is drink.
And I suppose as someone who has had problems with alcohol in my own past, I should be more understanding, but, I CAN’T. I wait up at night, waiting for the phone call, that he’s either dead or has killed someone else while driving drunk.
On top of all this, he’s also bipolar, he has these really high moods and times of extreme depression. And I fear that during some alcoholic binge he may become depressed to the point of attempting suicide. I don’t know what he’ll do when he’s drunk. I’ve been out with him twice when he was drinking, and, he gets “blackout drunk” very easily, he becomes obnoxious and mean, sometimes he’s sloppy and can’t even stand up.
He hides these behaviours rather well, he works a full time job, he owns his own home, he takes care of his elderly mother. But he’s self destructing, and I don’t know why, and I don’t know what I can do to stop it. HELP!

Teenage alcohol abuse data reveal a scary story – Houma Courier
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Teenage alcohol abuse data reveal a scary story Houma Courier Don't drink large quantities of alcohol in front of your children. It stands to reason that kids and teens who see a close role model engaging in activities such as binge drinking could be more likely to try it themselves. They should also talk to … and more »

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Australia Beer Drinking At 66-Year Low As Overall Alcohol Consumption Falls – Huffington Post
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Australia Beer Drinking At 66-Year Low As Overall Alcohol Consumption Falls Huffington Post Australians are known for a fondness for beer, but statistics released Wednesday put its consumption at a 66-year low and show it could soon be overtaken by wine. The Australian Bureau of Statistics also found that Australians are drinking a little … Australian beer drinking at 66-year lowNDTV all 17 news articles »

Teenage alcohol abuse data reveal a scary story – Daily Comet
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Teenage alcohol abuse data reveal a scary story Daily Comet Don't drink large quantities of alcohol in front of your children. It stands to reason that kids and teens who see a close role model engaging in activities such as binge drinking could be more likely to try it themselves. They should also talk to … and more »

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Manitoba wants plan to reduce alcohol abuse, overhaul liquor laws – Edmonton Journal
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Manitoba wants plan to reduce alcohol abuse, overhaul liquor laws Edmonton Journal The province has formed a committee lead by its chief public health officer that will include members of the bar and restaurant industry to come up with a plan. Healthy Living Minister Jim Rondeau says the government wants the strategy to reduce …

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How To Help A Alcoholic in the News

Communion at St Peter and St Paul Church in Yalding goes teetotal to help …
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A village church in Yalding has become one of the first in the UK to perform “teetotal” Holy Communions. The unusual step, taken to help recovering alcoholics, has been prompted by the church's close association with the Kenward Trust which run a rehab …
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Binge Drinking Turns Extreme Among High School Seniors
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While the number of teens who consumed five or more drinks at a time has declined since the 1970s and 1980s, findings that extreme binge drinking hasn't fallen may help explain why hospitalizations for alcohol and drug overdoses are on the rise …
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The National Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism in the News

Chronic care management does not result in increased abstinence from alcohol
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Editor's Note: This study was funded by a grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. All authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest.
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'Extreme' binge drinking common among teens: study
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"These findings might help explain why some consequences of underage drinking, such as hospitalizations for overdoses, are on the rise, despite general declines in binge drinking," Ralph W. Hingson and Aaron White, from the National Institute on …
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Binge Drinking Still a Problem in High School
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Attorneys: North Pond Hermit has alcohol problem – Morning Sentinel
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Attorneys: North Pond Hermit has alcohol problem Morning Sentinel Christopher Knight, 47, who lived in the Maine woods for nearly three decades, will officially enter a special court for counseling Wednesday. He would live in the community with court supervision. North Pond Hermit accepted into alternative sentencing programLewiston Sun Journal Maine hermit Christopher Knight cuts deal to avoid jail timeNBCNews.com (blog) Sentence for North Pond Hermit to Include Treatment for Substance AbuseWABI all 6 news articles »

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